Michigan · Nonprofit
INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN
INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN (Michigan) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,468,095 to it, the largest being WEINGARTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION ($4,258,362). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- Revenue FY2024
- $2.9M
- Funders on record
- 35
- Grants received
- $7.5M
- Net assets
- $21M
What International Samaritan does
Mission
To walk hand-in-hand with people in garbage dump communities, along with those with a calling to help, to break the chains of poverty and to improve our lives together.
As stated on its FY2024 Form 990.
Programs
Scholarshipswith the support of our donors, we provide holistic scholarships to young people from families who live or work in garbage dump communities. Scholarships range from private school tuition at the elementary school level to trade school and university scholarships for older students. Scholars in our program also receive food support for their families when needed, as well as leadership and spiritual development.900 scholars in 7 program sites in 5 nations received scholarships in 2024. These range from elementary age children to scholars pursuing university degrees in engineering, law and medical degrees.
$2,460,725 spentof which $357,459 as grants$101,370 earned by the program60% of program spendingFamily supportas part of our holistic scholarship model, we provide food and other supports such as mental health care and urgent medical care to our scholars and their families. 1500 families of scholars received food support in 2024. In addition, health and wellness services were provided including mental health support, emergency medical care and vision and dental care for scholars as need was identified by our in-country teams.
$820,242 spentof which $318,960 as grants20% of program spendingPublic infrastructure support (capital improvements)as we are able, we build wells and water systems to bring fresh water to entire communites. We are also working to build a family life center in each community to help our scholars and their parents grow stronger and healthier together to collectively move larger parts of the community out of poverty.
$615,181 spentof which $415,389 as grants15% of program spendingOur unique learn, serve, grow program provides year-long, cross-cultural partnerships between our scholarship students and their communities and us scholars and communities.
$205,060 spent5% of program spending
The 4 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $4,101,208.
The organization over time
Each line starts at 100 in 2017, so what you read is the shape rather than the size: 150 means half as much again as 2017, 50 means half. The number beside each label in the key is where it ended. The shaded band is where the middle 50% of its peers' revenue would sit, given their growth.
Balance sheet
Total assets and total liabilities at each year end, in dollars. The largest one-year move in total assets was 2021 to 2022, from $26M to $20M (−22%).
How it's funded, over time
Each bar is one year's revenue split into where it came from, and every bar is the same height — these are shares, not amounts, so a year that raised twice as much looks the same size. Hover a bar for the split.
73% of INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN’s revenue is contributions — more earned-revenue than three-quarters of its peers (97% for the typical peer).
Surplus & reserves
Operating surplus or deficit each year, and months of liquidity in hand. 7 of the last 8 reported years ran a deficit.
reserve
Leadership and staff
The officers, directors, trustees and key employees listed on each return. Joined and no longer listed compare each filing with the year before, matching people by surname and first initial; a year after a gap, or a roster under three people, has no comparison.
Board chair
Daniel Weingartz
Chairman
As listed on its FY2024 Form 990.
Who funds it, year by year
2017 → 2023: the base broadened from 5 funders to 14 funders, grant income rose $149k → $2.7M.
11 of 35 of your funders are donor-advised or pass-through sponsors (tagged DAF) — 20% of grant dollars received. That money is really individual donors directing a sponsor; the institutions to cultivate are the non-DAF funders.
From the IRS filings of INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN’s funders (the co-funder graph). Top 30 of 35 funders by total. Association, not causation. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How concentrated its funding is
INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN leans on a few funders — its largest provides 57% of grant income and the top three 78%; half comes from just 1 funder.
the vertical line marks half of all grant income — 1 funder to its left
Largest funder’s share by year: 2017 59% · 2018 56% · 2019 61% · 2020 45% · 2021 65% · 2022 70% · 2023 80% — growing more concentrated.
“Effective funders” = inverse Herfindahl index (1 / Σ shareᵢ²) — the number of equal-sized funders that would give the same concentration. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
How long its funders stay
64% of INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN's funders are still giving 3 years after their first grant; 63% give in more than one year at all.
Share of funders still giving k years after their first recorded grant, pooled across every acquisition cohort. A funder counts as retained in a year only if it made a grant that year. Measured to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving — a funder cannot be counted as lapsed in a year most filers have not reached.
Where its funders are
75% of INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN's grant income comes from Michigan funders.
In-state vs out-of-state, by year
Funder states come from each funder’s own filing. $1.5M arriving through sponsors registered in 10 states is excluded from the map and the split above: a sponsor holds money on a donor’s behalf, so its registered address would place those dollars somewhere no donor need ever have been. Trends are read to FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving. FY2024–FY2026 are still being filed and are shown unshaded; they do not move any figure on this page.
Against its field
INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN's funding base is broadening — from 5 funders to 14 as grant income climbed.
this organization peer median middle 50% of peers· 1,608 international nonprofits $1M–$10M, FY2024
Organizations like INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN
Organizations whose mission and program text most resemble this one, by semantic similarity over every organization in the US filings — the closest peers, and often the clearest route to shared or prospective funders.
In Michigan
Nationally
Read directly from this organization’s own Form 990, as neutral context.
Where the money goes
82% of spending goes to programs.
Governance
Public support
78%
Share of support from the public (Schedule A) — the basis for its public-charity status.
Footprint & structure
Files a return copy in 2 states
Part of a family of 1 related entity
- International Samaritan Foundation LLC · disregarded
Screen this organization
A dated, signed PDF of the compliance screen for INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN: IRS status (Business Master File, Publication 78, auto-revocation), the OFAC sanctions lists, the Internal Revenue Bulletin, and California registration, with the Rev. Proc. 2018-32 §8.01 reliance elements stated element by element. Generated from the current files at the moment you download it.
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Questions and answers
- Who funds INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN?
- INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN (Michigan) receives grants from 35 organizations whose IRS filings report $7,468,095 to it, the largest being WEINGARTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION ($4,258,362). 22 of them have funded it in more than one year.
- How many funders does INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN have?
- IRS filings report 35 organizations giving $7,468,095 in grants to INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN, 22 of which have funded it in more than one year.
- Who is the largest funder of INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN?
- WEINGARTZ FAMILY FOUNDATION is the largest funder on record, with $4,258,362 in grants. The full list of funders is on this page.
- How can an organization like INTERNATIONAL SAMARITAN find more funders?
- Start with the funders already giving here, then look at the foundations that back similar organizations in Michigan. The funding by cause and by state pages list the largest funders for a given area and how to approach them.
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These figures are read directly from IRS Form 990 / 990-PF e-file XML: this organization’s own return for FY2024 (financials across 2017–2024), and the filings of 35 funders that report grants to it. “On record” means captured in the filings we have parsed — a funder that does not e-file, or whose grant detail is not itemized, will not appear. Filings run roughly 12–24 months behind. Trends on this page end at FY2023, the last fiscal year that has finished arriving; later years are shown and marked, and move no figure. Data on this page was exported October 22, 2026. What this page cannot tell you · view filing